Calendar.



No. 782,102. PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905. J. A. BRENNAN.

CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3. 1904.

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JOHN A. BRENNAN, OF \VEST ORANt-i-E, NElV JERSEY.

CALENDAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,102, dated February7, 1905.

Application filed June 3, 1904- Serial Nu. 210,931.

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Be it known that 1, JOHN A. BRENNAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vest Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendars; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanyingdrawings, and to letters and figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention has reference to improvements in calendars: and theinvention relates more particularly to a novel construction of calendarwith a view of providing a perpetual calendar which may be used over andover and from year to year and which, if desired, is of especial benefitfor advertising purposes because of the fact that at the end of the yearthe calendar has not been rendered useless.

The invention has for its principal objects to provide a neatly andsimply constructed calendar which can be used perpetually and whichcomprises a card or main body of any suitable material having upon itsface rows of spaces variously provided with the names of the months, thenames of the days of the week, and the numbers indicating the dates,combined with suitable guiding means, preferably in the form of strandsof twine, cord, thread. wire, or the like, upon which are movablyarranged suitable indicating devices, preferably in the form of coloredbeads or other suitably-formed bodies, to be used as indicators.

The invention consists, primarily, in the novel calendar hereinaftermore fully set forth; and, furthermore, this invention con sists inthearrangements and combinations of the devices and parts, all of whichwill be described in detail in the followingspecification and thenfinally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to andwhich form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a face view of the perpetual calendar embodying theprinciples of my pres ent invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same,and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on line 3 3 in saidFig. 1.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the above-describedviews to indicate corresponding parts.-

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference character 1 indicatesthe complete calendar, and the same comprises a main body 2 of anydesirable ornamental configuration and which may be suitably ornamentedupon its face, as will be clearly evident. This said main body 2 isusually made of cardboard; but the same may be made of any othermaterial, such as a thin board, of wood, celluloid, or any other plasticmaterial. The said main body may be provided with a suitable perforation3 for its suspension from a nail or the like; but it will be understoodthat any other means of suspension may be employed. Upon the face of thesaid main body the same is provided with an arrangement of ornamentaldivisions or indicatingspaces at, forming in the present instance eightrows of such divisions or indicating-spaces. These rows of divisions lhave indicated by the letters 1/. I), c, (I, (a, f, 5 and /1,respectively, the rows 11 and being each divided into six divisions orindicating-spaces 4, in each of which is printed or otherwise arrangedtherein the name of a month. These divisions or indicating-spaces mayalso have arranged therein the number of days corrcspomling to the monthstated in the division or space. The row a is divided into sevendivisions or indicating-spaces 4:, each division or space being providedin any suitable manner with the name of a day. The remaining rows (1, c,f, and g are each divided into seven spaces or divisions bearing theconsecutive numbers from 1 to 28, inclusive, and the last row /1isdivided into three divisions or spaces L, bearing the numbers 29, 30,and 31, respectively, and into one larger space or division 5, which ispreferably provided with the reading matter found in said division orspace 5 and indicated in Fig. l of the drawings. The upper part of thesaid main body 2 may be provided with I suitably-disposed retainingmeans, preferably a space 6 for the reception of any suitableadvertisement or other matter of interest and is preferably providedwith the words Perpetual calendar. The lower part of the said main body2 may also be provided with aspace 7 for the reception of anadvertisement or other matter of interest. The side spaces 8 and 9 ofthe said body 2 are provided with in the form of holes or perforations10, through which has been passed a piece of twine, cord, thread, orwire, as 11, the end portions 12 and 13 of the same being suitablyfastened at the closely-located holes 10 and 14 and 10 and 15, asclearly illustrated in said Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The saidtwine, cord, thread, or wire 11 is threaded through the variousperforations in such a manner that a suitable strand or portion 16 willbe located directly across a portion of each row of divisions or spaces1, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. Strung uponeach strand or portion 16 of the twine, cord, thread, or wire 11 is abead or other suitable body or indicator 17, each bead or body 17 beingmovably and slidabl y arranged upon its respective strand 16 of thecord, twine, thread, or wire 11, that each head or indicating body 16may be arranged at one side of the main body 2 of the calendar or may heslid forward upon the strand or portion 16 of the twine, cord, thread,or wire to be placed in any one of the divisions or spaces 4: of the rowof divisions to indicate, respectively, the month, day, and date. Thusin Fig. 1 of the drawings the bead or body 17 upon the strand 16 in therow a has been moved into the space 1, which is provided with the wordMay, the bead 17 upon the strand 16 in the row 0 has been moved into thespace 4 bearing the word Wed, and the head 17 upon the strand 16 in therow g has been moved into the space 4 bearing the numeral 25, therebyindicating May, Wednesday, the 25th. In this manner any othercombination can be produced to indicate the current month, the day ofthe week, and the date.

Of course it will be understood that some changes may be made in thevarious arrangements and combinations of the parts without departingfrom the scope of my present invention. Hence I do not limit myinvention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts asdescribed in the foregoing specification and as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, nor do I confine myself to the exact details ofthe construction of the said parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is* 1. In a calendar,the combination, with a main body. provided with parallel rows of 1spaces bearing calendar-notations, and with a retaining means at eachend of each row of spaces, said retaining means being located at pointsaway from the marginal edges of the main body and between the said edgesand the respective ends of said parallel rows or spaces, a fixed andrigid guiding means arranged directly upon each row ofcalendar-notations, each guiding means being connected at its endportions with the retaining means at the ends of each row ofcalendar-notations, whereby each row of calendar-notations is providedwith a fixed guiding means, and an indicating device slidably arrangedupon each guiding means, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. In a calendar, the combination, with a main body provided withparallel rows of spaces bearing calendar-notations, and with a retainingmeans at each end of each row of spaces, said retaining means beinglocated at points away from the marginal edges of the main body andbetween the said edges and the respective ends of said parallel rows orspaces, a fixed and rigid guiding means arranged directly upon each rowof calendar-notations, each guiding means being connected at its endportions with the retaining means at the ends of each row ofcalendar-notations, whereby each row of calendar-notations is providedwith a fixed guiding means, and a perforated bead movably arranged uponeach guiding means, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a calendar, the combination, with a main body provided withcalendar-notations, and said body having a series of perforationslocated near opposite edges of said body, a piece of twine or the likeextending into and through said perforations and forming strands whichare arranged in close juxtaposition to said calendar-notations, and anindicating device movabl y arranged upon each strand, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

4:. In a calendar, the combination, with a main body provided withcalendar-notations, and said body having a series of perforationslocated near opposite edges of said body, a piece of twine or the likeextending into and through said perforations and forming strands whichare arranged in close juxtaposition to said calendar-notations, and aperforated bead movably arranged upon each strand, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 31st day of May, 1904.

JOHN A. BRENNAN.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C, FRAENTZEL, Geo. D. RICHARDS.

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